CN110972215B - Switching method and base station - Google Patents

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CN110972215B
CN110972215B CN201811142682.4A CN201811142682A CN110972215B CN 110972215 B CN110972215 B CN 110972215B CN 201811142682 A CN201811142682 A CN 201811142682A CN 110972215 B CN110972215 B CN 110972215B
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Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a handover method, which is used for a source base station and a target base station to transmit data units after a second DRB is changed due to a corresponding DRB in a qos flow through a tunnel. The method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: a target base station receives a handover request sent by a source base station, wherein the handover request comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used for indicating that a wireless data bearer DRB corresponding to a service quality flow qos flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB; and the target base station sends information of a tunnel to the source base station, wherein the tunnel is used for the target base station to receive a data unit sent by the source base station, and the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.

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Switching method and base station
Technical Field
The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a handover method and a base station.
Background
In a 5G scenario, for each UE, a fifth generation core network device (5GC) establishes one or more protocol data unit sessions (PDU sessions) for the UE. Meanwhile, the 5G radio access network (NG-RAN) establishes one or more Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) for each PDU session, which are data bearers between the base station and the terminal, and data in the data bearers have the same forwarding process. Quality of Service flow (qos flow) within a PDU session, with the same quality of Service (qos) requirements. A User Plane Function (UPF) of core network equipment generates downlink qos flow, a terminal generates uplink qos flow, a mapping relation exists between the qos flow and a DRB, the qos flow can be configured by a base station, a plurality of qos flows in the same PDU session can be mapped into the same DRB to obtain the same forwarding processing, but the qos flows of different PDU sessions can not be mapped into the same DRB.
The Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) layer is responsible for mapping the qos flow from the non-access stratum onto the DRB of the access stratum. For uplink data, the base station will preferentially submit the data unit received first in the qos flow to the core network device, and for downlink data, the base station will preferentially submit the data unit received first in the qos flow to the UE.
Disclosure of Invention
The application discloses a switching method for guaranteeing normal operation of communication.
A first aspect of the present application provides a handover method, including:
the target base station receives a base station handover request sent by a source base station, wherein the handover request carries first indication information, the first indication information can indicate that a wireless data bearer DRB corresponding to a QoS flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB, and the change of the DRB corresponding to the QoS flow from the first DRB to the second DRB shows that the qos flow is changed from being mapped to the first DRB for transmission to be mapped to the second DRB for transmission.
After receiving the handover request, the target base station can know that there is a qos flow on the source base station that needs to be transferred to the target base station, and the DRB corresponding to the qos flow changes.
And the target base station sends the information of the tunnel to the source base station, so that the source base station sends the data unit after the change of the corresponding DRB in the qos flow into the second DRB to the target base station by using the tunnel, and the data unit is changed and buffered in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the mapping relation.
In this embodiment, the data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed to the second DRB is the data unit transmitted by the second DRB in the qos flow.
The embodiment of the application has the following advantages: the target base station receives a handover request sent by the source base station, wherein the handover request includes first indication information, which can indicate that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB, and then the target base station sends information of a tunnel to the source base station, so that the source base station sends a data unit after the corresponding DRB is changed to the second DRB through the tunnel. In this embodiment, the source base station carries the first indication information in the handover request, and the target base station may determine, according to the first indication information, that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow to which the data unit belongs is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB, so that the target base station sends information of the tunnel to the source base station, and the source base station transfers the data unit through the tunnel, so as to ensure the in-sequence reporting of the data units in the qos flow, thereby ensuring normal communication of the communication system.
Based on the first aspect, in a first implementable manner of the first aspect, the changing, by the first indication information, the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from the first DRB to the second DRB includes:
for uplink data: the qos flow sent by the UE to the source base station by mapping to the first DRB changes to qos flow sent by mapping to the DRB2 to the source base station, and meanwhile, due to the mapping relationship transition, after the SDAP layer of the source base station receives the data units of the qos flow in the second DRB, the data units are buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
For downlink data: the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE by mapping to DRB1 changes to sending to the source base station by mapping to DRB2, and at the same time, due to the mapping relationship transition, the source base station will cache the data units of the qos flow that need to be sent by DRB2 in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
Based on any one of the first aspect and the first implementable manner of the first aspect, in a second implementable manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:
and the target base station acquires an end instruction, wherein the end instruction is used for instructing the SDAP entity of the UE to stop mapping the qos flow to the first DRB.
The method for the target base station to obtain the end instruction is as follows: one situation is: due to the influence of the change of the wireless communication channel, some data packets in the first data unit sent by the UE to the source base station are not correctly received by the source base station, the source base station can only transfer the received data packets and the end indication to the target base station, meanwhile, the UE will continue to resend the data packets which are not correctly received by the source base station through the first DRB, and when sending the data packets, the UE will resend the end indication to the target base station through the first DRB. The other situation is as follows: the source base station has completely received the first data unit and sends the first data unit and the end indication to the target base station.
For uplink data, when the SDAP layer of the target base station receives the end instruction, the target base station learns, according to the instruction information, that all the data units transmitted by the first DRB have been received, and further learns that the first data unit has been submitted to the core network device, and then the target base station sends the second data unit to the core network device.
In this embodiment, for uplink data, the target base station receives the end instruction and then sends the data unit to the core network device, thereby ensuring the sequential submission of the data unit in the qos flow.
Based on the first aspect and any one of the first implementable manner of the first aspect, in a third implementable manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:
for downlink data, after the target base station determines that the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE, the target base station maps the data unit to the second DRB, thereby sending the data unit to the UE.
The determining may be performed in a manner that when the target base station determines that no qos flow exists on the first DRB, it may be determined that the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE.
In this embodiment, for downlink data, after the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE, the target base station sends the data unit to the UE, which ensures sequential submission of the data units in the qos flow.
Based on the first aspect and any one of the first to third implementable manners of the first aspect, in a fourth implementable manner of the first aspect, when the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the information of the tunnel includes an identifier of a protocol data unit PDU session corresponding to a qos flow, so that the source base station determines which information of the PDU session is according to the information of the tunnel.
In this embodiment, by including the identifier of the PDU session in the information of the tunnel, it is beneficial for the source base station to determine which PDU session is the information of the tunnel according to the information of the tunnel.
Based on the fourth implementable manner of the first aspect, in a fifth implementable manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:
if the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the target base station needs to receive the second indication information sent by the source base station while receiving the data unit transferred by the source base station, so that the target base station can know that the transferred data unit is a data unit cached in the SDAP layer according to the second indication information, and distinguish the data unit from other data units not cached in the SDAP layer.
In this embodiment, when the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the source base station may further send second indication information to indicate that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer, which is favorable for implementation of the scheme.
Based on the first aspect and any one of the first to fourth implementable manners of the first aspect, in a sixth implementable manner of the first aspect, before the target base station sends information of a tunnel to the source base station, the method further includes: and the target base station allocates an address for the tunnel.
In this embodiment, the target base station will assign an address to the tunnel, increasing the integrity of the scheme.
Based on the first aspect and any one of the first to third implementable manners of the first aspect, in a seventh implementable manner of the first aspect, after the target base station receives a handover request sent by a source base station, the method further includes:
if the tunnel is a DRB tunnel, the target base station needs to receive the sequence number status transfer information sent by the source base station while receiving the data unit transferred by the source base station, where the sequence number status transfer information includes the PDCP SN of the data unit.
In this embodiment, for the DRB tunnel, the source base station also sends the status transfer information of the sequence number of the data unit to the target base station, which increases the implementability of the scheme.
Based on the seventh implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eighth implementation manner of the first aspect, the SN number of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in an SDAP layer of the source base station, and the determination manner is that the target base station indicates, through a bit string of the PDCP SN number, whether a data unit before a PDCP SN number corresponding to a first lost uplink PDCP SDU in a DRB corresponding to the DRB tunnel is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer.
In this embodiment, the sequence number status transfer information includes a PDCP SN, which may indicate that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer, and is favorable for implementation of the scheme.
A second aspect of the present application provides a handover method, including:
the source base station sends a base station handover request to a target base station, the handover request carries first indication information, and the first indication information can indicate that a wireless data bearer DRB corresponding to a QoS flow of the source base station changes from a first DRB to a second DRB, so that the target base station can know that a mapping relation between the QoS flow and the DRB changes according to the first indication information, and can know that the cached QoS flow in an SDAP layer of the source base station needs to be transferred to the target base station.
The change of the DRB corresponding to the qos flow from the first DRB to the second DRB means that the change of the qos flow from the transmission mapped on the first DRB to the transmission mapped on the second DRB.
And the source base station receives the information of the tunnel sent by the target base station.
And the source base station sends a data unit after the corresponding DRB change in the qos flow is changed into a second DRB to the target base station by using the tunnel, and the data unit is changed and buffered in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the mapping relation. In this embodiment, the data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed to the second DRB is the data unit transmitted by the second DRB in the qos flow.
In this embodiment, the source base station carries the first indication information in the handover request, and the target base station may determine, according to the first indication information, that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow to which the data unit belongs is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB, so that the target base station sends information of the tunnel to the source base station, and the source base station transfers the data unit through the tunnel, thereby ensuring that the data units in the qos flow are sequentially reported, and ensuring normal communication of the communication system.
Based on the second aspect, in a first implementable manner of the second aspect, the changing, by the first indication information, the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from the first DRB to the second DRB includes:
for uplink data: the qos flow sent by the UE to the source base station by mapping to the first DRB changes to qos flow sent by mapping to the DRB2 to the source base station, and meanwhile, due to the mapping relationship transition, after the SDAP layer of the source base station receives the data units of the qos flow in the second DRB, the data units are buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
For downlink data: the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE by mapping to DRB1 changes to sending to the source base station by mapping to DRB2, and at the same time, due to the mapping relationship transition, the source base station will cache the data units of the qos flow that need to be sent by DRB2 in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
In this embodiment, the meaning that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow in the uplink data and the downlink data changes from the first DRB to the second DRB is described, which is beneficial to implementation of the scheme.
Based on any one of the second aspect and the first implementable manner of the second aspect, in a second implementable manner of the second aspect, when the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the information of the tunnel includes an identifier of a PDU session of a protocol data unit corresponding to the qos flow, so that the source base station determines which PDU session tunnel is the information of the PDU session according to the information of the tunnel.
In this embodiment, by including the identifier of the PDU session in the information of the tunnel, it is beneficial for the source base station to determine which PDU session is the information of the tunnel according to the information of the tunnel.
Based on the second implementable manner of the second aspect, in a third implementable manner of the second aspect, after the source base station receives the information of the tunnel sent by the target base station, the method further includes:
if the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the source base station further needs to send second indication information to the target base station, so that the target base station knows that the transferred data unit is a data unit cached in the SDAP layer according to the second indication information, and distinguishes the data unit from other data units not cached in the SDAP layer.
In this embodiment, when the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the source base station may further send second indication information to indicate that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer, which is favorable for implementation of the scheme.
Based on any one of the second aspect and the first implementable manner of the second aspect, in a fourth implementable manner of the second aspect, after the source base station receives information of a tunnel sent by the target base station, the method further includes:
if the tunnel is a DRB tunnel, the source base station needs to send sequence number status transfer information to the target base station while transferring the data unit, where the sequence number status transfer information includes a PDCP SN of the data unit.
In this embodiment, for the DRB tunnel, the source base station also sends the status transfer information of the sequence number of the data unit to the target base station, which increases the implementability of the scheme.
Based on the fourth implementable manner of the second aspect, in a fifth implementable manner of the second aspect, the SN number of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station, and the determination is made in such a way that the target base station indicates, through a bit string of the PDCP SN number, whether a data unit before a PDCP SN number corresponding to a first missing uplink PDCP SDU in a DRB corresponding to the DRB tunnel is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer.
In this embodiment, the sequence number status transfer information includes a PDCP SN, which may indicate that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer, and is favorable for implementation of the scheme.
A third aspect of the present application provides an encryption method, including:
the core network equipment sends a selection instruction to the source base station, wherein the selection instruction is specifically a trend encryption instruction, and the trend encryption instruction represents that whether encryption is carried out or not is determined by the base station.
The source base station encrypts or does not encrypt the qos flow according to the selection indication.
The source base station sends a switching request message to the target base station, wherein the switching request message requests to switch some qos flows in the pdu session to the target base station, the switching request message also carries a source base station operation instruction, and the source base station operation instruction is used for indicating the source base station to execute encryption operation or not to execute encryption operation.
The target base station encrypts or does not encrypt some of the received qos flow according to the operation instruction of the source base station.
Optionally, the source base station operation indication may include a selection indication and an information element, the information element being used to indicate that the source base station has encrypted or not encrypted the qos flow; or the source base station operation indication may also be: and the source base station modifies the encryption indication sent by the core network equipment according to the operation of the source base station to obtain the indication needing encryption or the indication not needing encryption.
In this embodiment, if the source base station encrypts the qos flow, the source base station sends an operation instruction of the source base station to the target base station, so that the target base station can perform a corresponding encryption operation according to the operation instruction, thereby ensuring consistency of the encryption operation between the source base station and the target base station.
A fourth aspect of the present application provides an integrity protection method, including:
the core network equipment sends a selection indication to the source base station, wherein the selection indication is specifically a trend integrity protection indication, and the trend integrity protection indication represents that whether integrity protection is performed or not is determined by the base station.
And the source base station performs integrity protection or does not perform integrity protection on the qos flow according to the selection indication.
The source base station sends a switching request message to the target base station, wherein the switching request message requests to switch some qos flows in the pdu session to the target base station, the switching request message also carries a source base station operation instruction, and the source base station operation instruction is used for indicating the source base station to execute the integrity protection operation or not to execute the integrity protection operation.
And the target base station performs integrity protection or does not perform integrity protection on the received qos flow according to the operation instruction of the source base station.
In this embodiment, the source base station operation indication may include a selection indication and a cell, where the cell is used to indicate that the source base station performs integrity protection or does not perform integrity protection on the qos flow; or the source base station operation indication may also be: and the source base station modifies the integrity protection indication sent by the core network equipment according to the self operation to obtain the indication needing integrity protection or the indication not needing integrity protection.
In this embodiment, if the source base station performs integrity protection on the qos flow, the source base station sends an operation instruction of the source base station to the target base station, so that the target base station can perform a corresponding integrity protection operation according to the operation instruction, thereby ensuring consistency of the integrity protection operation between the source base station and the target base station.
A fifth aspect of the present application provides a key processing method, including:
user Equipment (UE) receives a first count value sent by a main base station (MN), wherein the first count value is the count value of an auxiliary base station counter (SN counter) in a first double-link DC mode, the first count value is a positive integer larger than or equal to zero, and the first DC mode is the DC mode configured by the UE by the MN;
when the UE releases the first DC mode, the UE retains the first count value;
the UE receives a second count value sent by the MN, wherein the second count value is a count value of an SN counter in a second DC mode, the second count value is a positive integer larger than or equal to zero, and the second DC mode is a DC mode configured by the UE by the MN;
the UE judges whether the second counting value is abnormal or not according to the first counting value;
and when the second counting value is abnormal, the UE sends configuration failure identification information to the MN.
In this embodiment, the UE determines whether the second count value is abnormal according to the first count value, and if the MN configures the same count value, the UE sends configuration failure identification information to the MN, so as to avoid that the MN derives the same S-key in different DC manners, thereby ensuring the communication security of the air interface.
A sixth aspect of the present application provides a key processing method, including:
a first count value sent by the master base station MN to a user equipment UE, where the first count value is a count value of an auxiliary base station counter SN counter in a first dual-link DC mode, and the first count value is a positive integer greater than or equal to zero, and the first DC mode is a DC mode configured by the UE for the MN;
a second count value sent by the MN to the UE, the second count value being used for judging whether the second count value is abnormal or not by the UE according to the first count value reserved when the UE releases the first DC mode
The count value is a count value of an SN counter in a second DC mode, the second count value is a positive integer greater than or equal to zero, and the second DC mode is a DC mode configured by the UE for the MN;
and when the second counting value is abnormal, the MN receives the configuration failure identification information sent by the MN.
In this embodiment, after the MN sends the second count value to the UE through the first count value sent by the MN to the UE, the UE may determine whether the second count value is abnormal according to the first count value, so that the UE may send the configuration failure identification information to the MN, so as to avoid that the MN derives the same S-key in different DC modes, and ensure the communication security of an air interface.
A seventh aspect of the present application provides a base station, including:
a receiving unit, configured to receive a handover request sent by a source base station, where the handover request includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that a radio data bearer DRB corresponding to a quality of service flow qos flow of the source base station changes from a first DRB to a second DRB;
and a sending unit, configured to send information of a tunnel to the source base station, where the tunnel is used for a target base station to receive a data unit sent by the source base station, and the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
Based on the seventh aspect, in a first implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the changing, by the first indication information, the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from the first DRB to the second DRB includes:
the first indication information is used for indicating the qos flow received by the source base station from the user equipment UE, and changing from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change;
or, the first indication information is used to indicate that the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE changes from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
Based on the seventh aspect and any one of the first implementable manner of the seventh aspect, in a second implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to obtain an end indication, where the end indication is used to instruct an SDAP entity of the UE to stop mapping the qos flow to the first DRB;
and sending the data unit to the core network equipment.
Based on the seventh aspect and any one of the first implementable manner of the seventh aspect, in a third implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the sending unit is further configured to send the data unit to the UE through the second DRB after the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE.
Based on the seventh aspect and any one of the first to third implementable manners of the seventh aspect, in a fourth implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the information of the tunnel includes an identifier of a session of a protocol data unit PDU corresponding to the qos flow.
Based on the fourth implementable manner of the seventh aspect, in a fifth implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive second indication information from the source base station, where the second indication information is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
Based on the seventh aspect and any one of the first to fourth implementable manners of the seventh aspect, in a sixth implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the base station further includes:
and the address allocation unit is used for allocating addresses for the tunnels.
Based on the seventh aspect and any one of the first to third implementable manners of the seventh aspect, in a seventh implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive sequence number state transition information from the source base station, where the sequence number state transition information includes an SN number of the data unit.
Based on the seventh implementable manner of the seventh aspect, in an eighth implementable manner of the seventh aspect, the SN number of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
An eighth aspect of the present application provides a base station, including:
a sending unit, configured to send a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that a radio data bearer DRB corresponding to a quality of service flow qos flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB;
a receiving unit, configured to receive information of a tunnel sent by the target base station;
the sending unit is further configured to send the data unit to the target base station through the tunnel, where the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
Based on the eighth aspect, in a first implementable manner of the eighth aspect, the changing, by the first indication information, the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from the first DRB to the second DRB includes:
the first indication information is used for indicating the qos flow received by the source base station from the user equipment UE, and changing from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change;
or, the first indication information is used to indicate that the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE changes from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
Based on the eighth aspect or any one of the first implementable manners of the eighth aspect, in a second implementable manner of the eighth aspect, the information of the tunnel includes an identifier of a session of a protocol data unit PDU corresponding to the qos flow.
Based on the second implementable manner of the eighth aspect, in a third implementable manner of the eighth aspect, the sending unit is further configured to send second indication information to the target base station, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
Based on the eighth aspect or any one of the first implementable manner of the eighth aspect, in a fourth implementable manner of the eighth aspect, the sending unit is further configured to send sequence number state transition information to the target base station, where the sequence number transition information includes an SN number of the data unit.
Based on the fourth implementable manner of the eighth aspect, in a fifth implementable manner of the eighth aspect, the SN number of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
A ninth aspect of the present application provides a base station, comprising: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;
wherein the memory is to store programs and instructions;
the transceiver is used for receiving or sending information under the control of the processor;
the processor is used for executing the program in the memory;
the bus system is used for connecting the memory, the transceiver and the processor so as to enable the memory, the transceiver and the processor to communicate;
wherein the processor is configured to call program instructions in the memory to perform the method according to any one of the first aspect, the first to eighth realizable manners of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the first and fifth realizable manners of the second aspect.
In a first implementable manner of the ninth aspect, based on the ninth aspect, the base station further comprises a bus system;
the bus system is used for connecting the memory, the transceiver and the processor so as to enable the memory, the transceiver and the processor to communicate.
A tenth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method as recited in any one of the first aspect, the first to eighth realizations of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the first and fifth realizations of the second aspect.
An eleventh aspect of the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method as claimed in any one of the first aspect, the first to eighth realizations of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the first and fifth realizations of the second aspect.
A twelfth aspect of the present application provides a communication chip storing instructions that, when run on a communication device, cause the communication chip to perform the method according to any one of the first aspect, the first to eighth realizations of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the first and fifth realizations of the second aspect.
A thirteenth aspect of the present application provides a communication system, including the apparatus described in any one of the seventh aspect, the first to eighth implementable manners of the seventh aspect, the eighth aspect, and the first and fifth implementable manners of the eighth aspect.
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Fig. 1(a) is an architecture diagram of a 5G communication system of the present application;
fig. 1(b) is a schematic diagram of an SDAP entity receiving an uplink data unit when a mapping relationship is changed according to the present application;
fig. 1(c) is a schematic diagram of an SDAP entity receiving downlink data units when the mapping relationship of the present application is changed;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a handover method according to the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the handover method of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the handover method of the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the handover method of the present application;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the handover method of the present application;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the handover method of the present application;
fig. 8(a) is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the handover method of the present application;
fig. 8(b) is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the handover method of the present application;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present application for encrypting a qos flow;
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present application for integrity protection of a qos flow;
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a key generation method in the context of the present application DC;
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of one possible architecture of a base station of the present application;
FIG. 13 is another possible structure of a base station of the present application;
fig. 14 shows another possible structure of the base station of the present application.
Detailed Description
Structure of 5G communication system as shown in fig. 1(a), the communication system may include a core network (5GC) and an access network (NG-RAN). The core network provides the UE with the functionality of a 5G core network. The core network includes core network control plane network element (AMF) functions and core network user plane network element (UPF) functions. The AMF is mainly responsible for access and mobility management of the terminal. The UPF is mainly responsible for functions such as routing forwarding of data packets, quality of service (Qos) management, and the like.
The access network may include a base station that provides radio access services to the UE. The base station may be a 5G New Radio (NR) base station (gNB) connected to the NGC.
The present application may be applied to the communication system shown in fig. 1(a), and may also be applied to other communication systems. This is not limited in this application.
The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the drawings described above, if any, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
In this embodiment, the PDU session tunnel indicates: the tunnel established for the PDU session, DRB tunnel, indicates: a tunnel established for each DRB.
In this embodiment, for uplink data, the qos flow of the source base station is a data flow received by the source base station from the UE, the qos flow of the uplink is mapped to the DRB by the SDAP entity of the UE, and is sent to the source base station, and there is a mapping relationship between the qos flow and the DRB. If a mapping relationship transition occurs during the qos flow mapping to DRB, for example, the qos flow is changed from mapping to DRB1 to mapping to DRB2, the second data unit corresponding to DRB2 in the qos flow may arrive at the source base station first, and the first data unit corresponding to DRB1 in the qos flow may arrive at the source base station later, and the SDAP layer of the source base station may buffer the second data unit of the qos flow received from DRB 2. In the upstream direction, as shown in fig. 1(b), the terminal-side SDAP layer plans to map the data units of qos flow, packet _1/2/3 and packet _4/5/6, both to DRB1, after the SDAP layer maps packet _1/2/3 to DRB1, at this time, if the mapping relationship between the qos flow and the DRB is changed, the data unit of the qos flow is mapped to the DRB2, i.e., the SDAP layer changes the data unit packet _4/5/6 after the qos flow from mapping to DRB1 to mapping to DRB2, when the mapping relationship changes, a phenomenon of data out-of-order is likely to occur, for example the base station's SDAP layer may first receive the qos flow's packet _4/5/6 on DRB2, but has not yet received packet _1/2/3 on DRB1, in which case the base station will submit the data unit received with priority first, resulting in data unit delivery out of order. In order to avoid the disorder of the data units when the base station is switched, the second data unit packet _4/5/6 may be reported to the core network device after the first data unit, for example, packet _1/2/3, is determined to have been reported to the core network device. Optionally, the method for the SDAP entity of the UE to determine that the qos flow of the uplink is changed from DRB1 to DRB2 includes: the UE receives an RRC message of the source base station, and the message informs the UE that the mapping relation between the uplink qos flow and the DRB is changed. Or the UE receives a data packet of the base station, where the data packet carries indication information indicating that the mapping relationship between the uplink qos flow and the DRB of the UE is changed.
For downlink, the qos flow of the source base station is a data flow sent by the source base station to the UE, and the qos flow is mapped to the DRB by the SDAP entity of the source base station and sent to the UE. There is a mapping relationship between the qos flow and the DRB. As shown in fig. 1(c), if mapping relationship transition occurs during the qos flow mapping to DRB, for example, the qos flow is changed from mapping to DRB1 to mapping to DRB2, and packet _4/5/6 mapped to DRB2 in the qos flow arrives at the UE earlier than packet _1/2/3 mapped to DRB 1. To ensure that the data units of the qos flow are submitted in order at the UE side, the first data unit is a data unit before the second data unit in the qos flow, and the second data unit is buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
Referring to fig. 2, a handover method according to the present application will be described. The handover method may include the steps of:
201. and the target base station receives the switching request sent by the source base station.
When a base station handover occurs, a target base station first receives a handover request of a source base station, the handover request carries first indication information, and the first indication information is used for indicating that a wireless data bearer DRB corresponding to a service quality flow qos flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB.
The source base station needs to notify the target base station of the mapping relationship between the qos flow and the DRB corresponding to the target base station, which may be the mapping relationship after the mapping relationship is changed, may be the mapping relationship before the change, or may notify the mapping relationship before the change and after the change at the same time. The mapping relationship can distinguish between uplink and downlink.
In this embodiment, a specific form of the first indication information may be a request for establishing a PDU session tunnel or a DRB tunnel. The first indication information can also be distinguished to be uplink and downlink. For example, the request may be to establish an uplink PDU session tunnel or an uplink DRB tunnel, or to establish a downlink PDU session tunnel or a downlink DRB tunnel.
The first indication information may indicate that the qos flow cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station needs to be processed, for example, indicate that the SDAP layer has uplink data that needs to be specially processed or downlink data that needs to be specially processed, or both uplink and downlink data that need to be specially processed. Or the first indication information may also indicate that the source base station has not completed the remapping of the qos flow before the base station is handed over. Or the first indication information may also indicate that uplink or downlink data is cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
Optionally, the first indication information may further distinguish uplink and downlink indication information, that is, indicate that the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow uplink of the source base station is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB, and/or indicate that the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow downlink of the source base station is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB.
In this embodiment, changing the DRB corresponding to the qos flow from the first DRB to the second DRB specifically indicates:
for uplink data: the UE sends to the source base station by mapping qos flow to the first DRB, changing to sending to the source base station by mapping qos flow to DRB 2. Due to the mapping relationship transition, after the SDAP layer of the source base station receives the qos flow data units in the second DRB, the data units are cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station. For downlink data: the source base station changes to transmit to the UE through mapping to the DRB2 by mapping to the qos flow transmitted to the UE by DRB 1. Due to the mapping relationship transition, the source base station may buffer the data units sent through the second DRB in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
202. And the target base station sends the information of the tunnel to the source base station.
And the target base station confirms that the mapping relation between the qos flow and the DRB is changed, establishes a tunnel and allocates an address for the tunnel. The information of the tunnel is then transmitted to the source base station. The information of the tunnel includes a transport layer address of the tunnel and a tunnel endpoint identifier (GTP-TEID) of a GPRS tunneling protocol. Optionally, the information of the tunnel sent by the target base station may distinguish between uplink and downlink tunnels, that is, information of an uplink tunnel, and/or information of a downlink tunnel, where the tunnel is established for transferring the data buffered by the SDAP layer.
And the target base station sends the information of the tunnel to the source base station, and the information is used for transferring the data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB by the source base station. The data unit belongs to a qos flow and is also cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station. In this embodiment, the tunnel may be a PDU session tunnel or a DRB tunnel. If the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the information of the tunnel includes an identifier of a PDU session corresponding to the qos flow. The source base station may determine which PDU session is tunneled information according to the tunneled information. And if the tunnel DRB tunnel is adopted, the information of the tunnel comprises a DRB identifier corresponding to the qos flow. The source base station may determine which DRB is the tunnel information according to the tunnel information. If the tunnel is a DRB tunnel, the source base station may also send sequence number state transition information to the target base station. The tunnel may also be another type of tunnel, and is not limited herein, and for uplink data, there is no PDU session tunnel itself, and by establishing the PDU session tunnel, base station switching can be synchronously implemented when the mapping relationship is changed, and the problem of data unit disorder does not occur. For downlink data, a PDU session tunnel exists, and in the present application, the target base station may reestablish the PDU session tunnel transfer qos flow. For uplink and downlink data, both DRB tunnels exist, and the target base station in the present application can transfer qos flow by using the original DRB tunnels.
In this embodiment, the source base station carries the first indication information in the handover request, and the target base station may determine, according to the first indication information, that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow to which the data unit belongs is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB. The target base station sends the information of the tunnel to the source base station, and the source base station transfers the data units through the tunnel to ensure the sequential reporting of the data units in the qos flow, thereby ensuring normal communication.
Based on the handover method shown in fig. 2, the tunnel in this embodiment may be a PDU session tunnel or a DRB tunnel, which will be described below.
First, it should be noted that the first data unit described in fig. 3 to fig. 6 is a data unit when the corresponding radio data bearer DRB in the qos flow is the first DRB, the second data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed to the second DRB, the first data unit and the second data unit belong to the same qos flow, and the second data unit is buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the mapping relationship, and the first data unit is a data unit before the second data unit in time sequence.
Firstly, the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel.
A: referring to fig. 3, for uplink data, the source base station carries the first indication information in the handover request, so that the target base station establishes a PDU session tunnel for transferring qos flow buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to mapping relationship transition, thereby also performing base station handover during mapping relationship transition and ensuring in-sequence reporting of data units.
301. The UE sends a qos flow to the source base station.
The UE maps the qos flow to the first DRB, thereby transmitting the first data unit to the source base station through the first DRB. If the source base station informs the UE to change the uplink mapping relation of the qos flow, that is, the mapping relation between the qos flow and the DRB is changed, the UE generates an end indication, and the UE sends the end indication in the first DRB. The end indication may be an end of protocol data unit indication (end marker PDU) indicating that the UE's SDAP entity has stopped mapping the qos flow to the first DRB, or indicating that the UE's qos flow has been sent over in the first DRB. Optionally, when the source base station receives the end indication, the source base station knows that the qos flow data has been sent in the first DRB.
Subsequently, the UE maps the qos flow to the second DRB, thereby sending the second data unit to the source base station through the second DRB, and the source base station buffers the second data unit in the SDAP layer. In the process of sending the qos flow to the source base station through the DRB, the source base station may receive the second data unit first and then the first data unit due to the mapping relationship between the qos flow and the DRB.
302. The source base station sends a handover request to the target base station.
The steps of this embodiment are similar to step 201 of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
303. And the target base station sends the information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station.
The target base station can know that the mapping relation between the qos flow and the DRB is changed according to the switching request, the target base station establishes a PDU session tunnel, allocates an address for the tunnel, and then sends the information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station for the source base station to transfer the second data unit. The PDU session tunnel information includes the transmission layer address and GTP-TEID of the PDU session tunnel. Optionally, the information of the tunnel further includes an identifier of a PDU session of a protocol data unit corresponding to the qos flow, so that the source base station determines which PDU session is the information of the tunnel according to the information of the tunnel. The PDU session tunnel is a tunnel for transmitting uplink data.
It should be noted that, for the uplink data, there is no PDU session tunnel, and the target base station sends the information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station after the new PDU session tunnel is created.
304. And the source base station sends the second data unit to the target base station through the PDU session tunnel.
And the source base station sends the second data unit to the target base station through the PDU session tunnel. The second data unit is a data unit of uplink data.
Optionally, the source base station carries an indication in a GPRS tunneling protocol user plane (GTP-U) header or an extension header of the second data unit, where the indication indicates that the second data unit is a data unit cached in the SDAP layer.
Optionally, the source base station may further carry a qos flow label in a GTP-U header or an extension header of the second data unit to indicate which qos flow data unit in the PDU session tunnel the data unit is.
Optionally, for a situation that the source base station does not receive all the data packets of the first data unit, due to the influence of the change of the wireless communication channel, some data packets in the first data unit sent by the UE to the source base station are not correctly received by the source base station, and data packets subsequent to the data packets in the first data unit are correctly received by the source base station, and the source base station cannot submit the correctly received data packets to the core network device. For example, packet _1 is not correctly received, and packet _2/3 is correctly received by the bs, packet _2/3 cannot be submitted to the core network device by the source bs. The source bs needs to transfer the packet _2/3 to the target bs through the tunnel corresponding to the DRB in which the data packets are located, and the UE will send the packet _1 to the target bs again in the DRB 1. After receiving packet _1, the target base station submits packet _1/2/3 to the core network device. It should be noted that, when the radio channel changes, the data packet (e.g. packet _2/3) received by the source base station is forwarded to the target base station, because the UE sends the end instruction to the source base station through DRB1, if the source base station correctly receives the end instruction, the source base station will forward the end instruction to the target base station through the DRB tunnel corresponding to DRB1, the form of the data packet and the end instruction forwarded by the source base station to the target base station is PDCP SDU, and after the target base station receives the PDCP SDU (generally buffered in the PDCP layer), the data packet (e.g. packet _1) before the data packet is required to be received correctly and then submitted to the SDAP layer of the target base station.
Optionally, for a situation that the source base station receives all data packets of the first data unit, the source base station submits the first data unit to the core network device, and meanwhile, the source base station indicates the end of the transfer to the target base station.
Optionally, before or after step 304, the source base station sends a handover command to the UE to notify the UE to perform inter-base station handover. After receiving the corresponding handover command, the UE accesses the cell of the target base station.
305. And the target base station acquires an end instruction.
The target base station acquiring the end instruction means that the SDAP layer of the target base station receives the end instruction.
Whether or not the influence of the wireless communication channel change exists, after the source base station correctly receives the end instruction sent by the UE, the source base station transfers the end instruction to the target base station. It should be noted that the source base station transfers the ending indication to the target base station in the form of PDCP SDU.
Due to the changing effect of the wireless communication channel, if the source base station does not correctly receive the end indication sent by the UE, the UE also sends the end indication to the target base station again through the DRB 1. It should be noted that the UE retransmits the PDCP SDU corresponding to the end indication;
306. and the target base station sends the second data unit to the core network equipment according to the ending instruction.
When the SDAP layer of the target base station receives the ending instruction, the target base station learns that all the data units transmitted by the first DRB are completely received according to the instruction. It can further be known that the source base station or the target base station has submitted the first data unit to the core network device. And then, the target base station sends the second data unit to the core network equipment, so that the second data unit is ensured to be sent to the core network equipment after the first data unit, and the in-sequence report among the data units is ensured.
In this embodiment, the source base station carries the first indication information in the handover request, and the target base station may determine that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB according to the first indication information, so that the target base station sends the information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station and transfers the second data unit through the tunnel, and the target base station submits the second data unit to the core network device after receiving the end indication, thereby ensuring that the data units in the qos flow are submitted in sequence, and further ensuring normal communication of the communication system.
B: referring to fig. 4, for downlink data, the source base station carries the first indication information in the handover request, so that the target base station establishes a PDU session tunnel for transferring the qos flow cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the mapping relationship transition, thereby also performing base station handover when the mapping relationship is transitioned and ensuring in-sequence reporting of data units.
401. The source base station transmits a first data unit to the UE.
The source base station maps the qos flow onto the first DRB, thereby transmitting the first data unit to the UE.
Subsequently, the source base station changes the downlink mapping relationship of the qos flow, that is, the mapping relationship between the qos flow and the DRB is changed, and the DRB mapped by the qos flow is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB. The source base station may buffer the second data units of the qos flow that need to be sent over the second DRB in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
402. The source base station sends a handover request to the target base station.
The steps of this embodiment are similar to step 201 of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
403. And the target base station sends the information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station.
The target base station can know that the mapping relation between the qos flow and the DRB is changed according to the switching request, the target base station establishes a PDU session tunnel, allocates an address for the tunnel, and then sends the information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station for the source base station to transfer the second data unit. The PDU session tunnel information includes the transmission layer address and GTP-TEID of the PDU session tunnel. Optionally, the information of the tunnel further includes an identifier of a PDU session of a protocol data unit corresponding to the qos flow, so that the source base station determines which PDU session is the information of the tunnel according to the information of the tunnel. The PDU session tunnel is a tunnel for transmitting downlink data.
It should be noted that, for downlink data, a PDU session tunnel also exists between the base stations, and the target base station can send information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station after the PDU session tunnel is newly established. The information of the PDU session tunnel may also be sent to the source base station by using the existing PDU session tunnel, and when the source base station transfers the second data unit through the existing PDU session tunnel, the source base station needs to add indication information for indicating that the second data unit is a data unit cached by the SDAP layer.
404. The source base station sends a second data unit to the target base station through the PDU session tunnel;
and the source base station sends the second data unit to the target base station through the PDU session tunnel. The second data unit is a data unit of downlink data.
Optionally, the source base station carries an indication in a GPRS user plane tunneling protocol header or an extension header of the second data unit, where the indication indicates that the second data unit is a data unit buffered by the SDAP layer.
Optionally, the source base station may further carry a qos flow label in a GTP-U header or an extension header of the second data unit to indicate which qos flow data unit in the PDU session tunnel the data unit is.
Optionally, due to the changing influence of the wireless communication channel, some data packets in the first data unit sent by the source base station to the UE are not correctly received by the UE, and the source base station needs to transfer the data packets to the target base station through the DRB tunnel. For example, packet _2/3 is not correctly received by the UE, the source base station needs to transfer packet _2/3 to the target base station through the DRB tunnel. The target base station may retransmit packet _2/3 to the UE in DRB 1.
405. And after the target base station determines that the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE, the target base station sends a second data unit to the UE.
The target base station determines, according to the first indication information, that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow before the mapping relationship is changed is the first DRB, and determines whether the qos flow (i.e., the first data unit) mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE, where the determination method may be: the target base station determines whether there is qos flow on the first DRB, and if not, it proves that the first data unit has been received by the UE, or the target base station sets a timer, and after the timer expires, it considers that the first data unit has been received by the UE, and the target base station determines whether the qos flow mapped to the first DRB has been received by the UE.
If the qos flow mapped to the first DRB has been received by the UE, the target base station maps the qos flow to the second DRB, thereby sending the second data unit to the UE, thereby ensuring that the second data unit is sent to the UE after the first data unit, and ensuring in-sequence reporting between data units.
In this embodiment, for downlink data, the source base station carries first indication information in the handover request, and the target base station may determine, according to the first indication information, that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow to which the data unit belongs is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB, so that the target base station sends information of the PDU session tunnel to the source base station, and the source base station and the target base station transfer the second data unit through the PDU session tunnel, so that after the target base station determines that the mapping relationship between the qos flow and the first DRB is tied, the first data unit is reported to the UE, and the target base station sends the second data unit to the UE, so as to ensure in-sequence reporting of the data units in the qos flow, thereby ensuring normal communication of the communication system.
And secondly, the tunnel is a DRB tunnel.
A: referring to fig. 5, for uplink data, the source base station carries the first indication information in the handover request, so that the target base station establishes a DRB tunnel for transferring the qos flow cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the mapping relationship transition, and sends information of the DRB tunnel to the source base station, and then the source base station sends the sequence number state transfer information to the target base station through the control plane, and sends the second data unit to the target base station through the DRB tunnel. The target base station can know which data packets are the data packets of the second data unit according to the serial number state transfer information or the indication information carried by the second data unit transferred by the source base station, so that base station switching can also occur when the mapping relation is changed, and the sequential reporting of the data units is ensured.
501. UE sends qos flow to a source base station;
502. the source base station sends a switching request to a target base station;
steps 501 to 502 of this embodiment are similar to steps 301 to 302 of the above embodiments, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
503. The target base station sends information of the DRB tunnel to the source base station;
the target base station can know that the mapping relation between the qos flow and the DRB is changed according to the switching request, the target base station establishes a DRB tunnel and allocates an address for the tunnel, the DRB tunnel can be the original DRB tunnel, and then information of the DRB tunnel is sent to the source base station for the source base station to transfer the second data unit. The information of the DRB tunnel comprises a transmission layer address of the DRB tunnel and a GTP-TEID. Optionally, the information of the tunnel includes a DRB identifier corresponding to the qos flow, so that the source base station determines the information of which DRB is the tunnel according to the information of the tunnel. The DRB tunnel is a DRB tunnel for transmitting uplink data.
504. Sending a second data unit to the target base station through the DRB tunnel;
after acquiring the address information of the DRB tunnel, the source base station sends the second data unit cached in the source base station SDAP layer to the target base station in the form of a packet data convergence protocol service data unit (PDCP SDU). The second data unit is a data unit of uplink data.
In this embodiment, the data of the source base station is transferred to the target base station through the DRB tunnel, so that lossless handover of the transferred data can be ensured.
Optionally, the source base station sends, to the target base station, sequence number state transfer information of the second data unit, where the sequence number state transfer information is packet data convergence protocol (PDCP SN) information, and the target base station can know which data packets transmitted in the tunnel belong to the second data unit according to the sequence number state transfer information. Optionally, the source base station may recover the second data unit buffered in the SDAP of the source base station as the PDCP SDU, and simultaneously recover the PDCP SN number of the second data unit in the PDCP layer.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a DRB tunnel corresponding to the first DRB and a DRB tunnel corresponding to the second DRB are provided between the source base station and the target base station. The DRB tunnel in the present application may be the same tunnel as the DRB tunnel corresponding to the second DRB.
Meanwhile, the application also indicates that the second data unit sent by the source base station to the target base station is the data unit cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station through the serial number state transition information of the second data unit, for example, whether the data unit before the SN number corresponding to the first lost uplink PDCP SDU in the DRB corresponding to the DRB tunnel is the data unit of the buffered SDAP layer is indicated by the bit string of the PDCP SN number, for example, the PDCP SN corresponding to the first lost data unit is X, and the bit string is used to indicate whether the data unit belonging to the DRB before the PDCP SN X is the data unit buffered by the source base station SDAP layer, a data unit may be represented by a 0 as a data unit buffered at the SDAP layer, a 1 as a data unit not buffered at the SDAP layer, in order to distinguish from other classes of data units transferred between the source and target base stations, i.e. data units not buffered in the SDAP layer. Or conversely, 1 may be used to indicate that the data unit is the data unit buffered in the SDAP layer, and 0 may be used to indicate that the data unit is not the data unit buffered in the SDAP layer.
Optionally, before or after 504, the source base station sends a handover command to the UE to notify the UE to perform inter-base station handover. After receiving the corresponding handover command, the UE accesses the cell of the target base station.
Optionally, the source base station may carry some indication information when transferring the second data unit through the DRB tunnel, where the indication information indicates that the data unit is the second data unit buffered in the SDAP layer, so as to distinguish from other types of data units transferred between the source base station and the target base station, that is, data units not buffered in the SDAP layer. Optionally, the source base station carries the sequence number status indication information in a GTP-U header or an extension header of the second data unit.
Optionally, the source base station may also carry a qos flow label in a GTP-U header or an extension header of the second data unit to indicate which qos flow data unit in the PDU session tunnel the packet is.
505. The target base station determines that the second data unit is a data unit cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station;
optionally, the target base station may confirm that the second data unit is the data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station according to the status transition information of the sequence number of the second data unit.
Optionally, the target base station may also confirm that the second data unit is the data unit cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station according to the indication information carried in the DRB tunnel transfer data.
506. And the target base station acquires the ending indication information.
For the case that the source base station does not receive all the data packets of the first data unit and the case that the source base station receives all the data packets of the first data unit, the possible situation that the first data unit submits the core network device and the possible situation that the target base station obtains the end instruction are similar to the corresponding description in step 304 of the foregoing embodiment, and details are not repeated here.
Step 506 of this embodiment is similar to step 305 of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
507. And the target base station sends the second data unit to the core network equipment according to the ending instruction.
Step 507 of this embodiment is similar to step 306 of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
In this embodiment, the source base station sends the second data unit to the target base station through the DRB tunnel, and at the same time, sends the sequence number status indication information of the second data unit to the target base station, or carries the indication information when sending the second data unit, so that the target base station determines, according to the indication information, that the second data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer due to a change of the mapping relationship, and after receiving an end indication sent by the UE, even if the first data unit is not received, the source base station may report the second data unit to the core network device, so as to ensure that the first data unit and the second data unit are reported in sequence.
B: referring to fig. 6, for downlink data, a source base station carries first indication information in a handover request, so that a target base station establishes a DRB tunnel for transferring a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to mapping relationship transition, and sends information of the DRB tunnel to the source base station, then the source base station sends sequence number state transition information to the target base station through a control plane, and sends a second data unit to the target base station through the DRB tunnel, and the target base station can individually submit the second data unit to a UE according to the sequence number state transition information or the indication information carried by the transfer of the second data unit by the source base station, so that base station handover can also occur when the mapping relationship transitions, and sequential reporting of the data units is ensured.
601. The source base station transmits a first data unit to the UE.
602. The source base station sends a handover request to the target base station.
Steps 601 to 602 of this embodiment are similar to steps 401 to 402 of the above embodiments, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
603. The target base station sends information of the DRB tunnel to the source base station;
the steps of this embodiment are similar to the steps 503 of the embodiment, except that the DRB tunnel is a DRB tunnel for transmitting downlink data, which is not described herein again in detail.
604. And the source base station sends the second data unit to the target base station through the DRB tunnel.
The steps in this embodiment are similar to step 504 in the above embodiment, except that the second data unit is a data unit of downlink data, which is not described herein again.
In this embodiment, the data of the source base station is transferred to the target base station through the DRB tunnel, so that lossless handover of the transferred data can be ensured.
605. The target base station determines that the second data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station.
The steps of this embodiment are similar to step 505 of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
606. And after the target base station determines that the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE, the target base station sends a second data unit to the UE.
Step 606 of this embodiment is similar to step 405 of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
In this embodiment, the source base station sends the second data unit to the target base station through the DRB tunnel, and simultaneously sends the sequence number status indication information of the second data unit to the target base station or carries the indication information when sending the second data unit, so that the target base station determines, according to the sequence number status indication information, that the second data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer due to a change of a mapping relationship, and after receiving an end indication sent by the UE, even if the first data unit is not received, the second data unit UE may be used to ensure that the first data unit and the second data unit are reported in sequence.
The embodiments of the present application are described above from the perspective of the target base station, and referring to fig. 7, the present application will be described below from the perspective of the source base station.
701. The source base station sends a handover request to the target base station.
In this embodiment, the handover request includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the DRB corresponding to the qos flow of the source base station is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB.
The specific form of the first indication information and the specific meaning of the change of the DRB corresponding to the qos flow from the first DRB to the second DRB are similar to that in step 201 of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
702. And the source base station receives the information of the tunnel sent by the target base station.
In this embodiment, the target base station allocates an address to the tunnel after establishing the tunnel, and sends information of the tunnel to the target base station, where the information of the tunnel includes a transport layer address and a tunnel endpoint identifier GTP-TEID of a GPRS tunneling protocol. Optionally, the information of the tunnel sent by the target base station may distinguish between an uplink and a downlink, that is, information of an uplink tunnel, and/or information of a downlink tunnel.
The tunnel may be a PDU session tunnel or a DRB tunnel, where if the tunnel is a PDU session tunnel, the information of the tunnel includes an identifier of a PDU session of a protocol data unit corresponding to qos flow, so that the source base station determines which PDU session is the information of the tunnel, and if the tunnel is a DRB tunnel, the information of the tunnel includes a DRB identifier corresponding to qos flow, so that the source base station determines which DRB tunnel is the information of the tunnel according to the information of the tunnel, and if the tunnel is a DRB tunnel, the source base station further needs to receive sequence number state transfer information from the target base station, where the sequence number state transfer information includes a PDCP SN of the data unit, and the function of the PDCP SN is similar to that in the above embodiment, and is not repeated here.
703. The source base station sends the data unit to the target base station through the tunnel.
The data unit is a data unit after the DRB corresponding to the qos flow is changed into the second DRB, and the data unit before the DRB corresponding to the qos flow is changed also exists in the qos flow.
The source base station sends the data unit to the target base station through the tunnel, so that for uplink data, after receiving an end instruction sent by the UE, the target base station can determine that the end of the mapping relation between the qos flow and the first DRB is ended, and the target base station sends the data unit to the core network equipment so as to ensure the sequential reporting of the data unit in the qos flow. And for downlink data, the target base station judges whether the mapping relation between the qos flow and the first DRB is finished, and if so, the target base station sends the data units to the UE again to ensure the sequential reporting of the data units in the qos flow.
In this embodiment, the source base station sends a handover request carrying the first indication information to the target base station, so that the target base station feeds back information of a tunnel, where the tunnel is used for transferring a data unit after a radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow changes from a first DRB to a second DRB, thereby ensuring in-sequence reporting of the data units in the qos flow.
Referring to fig. 8(a), the present application further provides a handover method, in which a source base station reports a second data unit after changing a corresponding DRB in a qos flow into a second DRB to a core network device, a target base station reports a first data unit, which is a corresponding DRB in the qos flow, to the core network device, and the core network device sequences the first data unit and the second data unit.
801. The source base station sends a handover request to the target base station.
And the source base station sends a switching request to the target base station to request switching.
802. And the target base station sends the information of the tunnel to the source base station.
The target base station establishes a tunnel after receiving the handover request, and then sends information of the tunnel to the source base station, where the tunnel may be a DRB tunnel or a PDU session tunnel, and the details of the tunnel are not limited herein.
803. And the source base station sends the second data unit and the disorder indication information to the core network equipment.
The mapping relation between the uplink qos flow and the DRB received by the source base station is changed from the first DRB to the second DRB, the source base station first receives a second data unit sent by the UE through the second DRB after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed to the second DRB, and then the source base station receives a first data unit sent by the UE through the first DRB before the corresponding DRB mapping relation in the qos flow is changed.
When the base station is switched, the source base station sends a second data unit and disorder indicating information to the core network equipment, the disorder indicating information is used for indicating that the second data unit reported by the source base station is a data unit sent according to an abnormal sequence, the data unit is not reported before the second data unit, and the disorder indicating information can be carried in a GTP-U (GPRS tunneling protocol-user) header or an expansion header of the second data unit.
804. The source base station sends the first data unit to the target base station through the tunnel.
805. The target base station acquires a first end indication.
The UE maps the qos flow to the first DRB, so as to send the first data unit to the source base station through the first DRB, and then the source base station notifies the UE to change the uplink mapping relationship of the qos flow, that is, the mapping relationship between the qos flow and the DRB is changed. After the UE receives the notification of the mapping relationship change, the UE generates a first end indication, and the UE transmits the first end indication in the first DRB.
Optionally, if the source base station correctly receives the first end indication sent by the UE, the source base station may transfer the first end indication to the target base station. It should be noted that the source base station transfers the first end indication to the target base station in the form of PDCP SDU.
Due to the changing effect of the wireless communication channel, if the source base station does not correctly receive the first end indication sent by the UE, the UE also sends the first end indication to the target base station again through the first DRB. It should be noted that the UE retransmits the PDCP SDU corresponding to the first end indication.
806. And the target base station sends the first data unit and the second end instruction to the core network equipment.
When the SDAP layer of the target base station receives the data corresponding to the first data unit, the target base station sends the data to the core network. When the SDAP layer of the target base station receives the first end instruction sent by the UE, it may be known that the mapping relationship between the qos flow and the first DRB is ended according to the first end instruction, the target base station may send a second end instruction to the core network, and the core network device may know, according to the second end instruction, that all data units before the mapping relationship in the qos flow is changed have been received by the core network device.
807. And the core network equipment sequences the first data unit and the second data unit according to the disorder indication information and the second end indication.
And the core network equipment determines that the data unit before the second data unit is received completely according to the second end indication, and determines that the first data unit is the data unit before the second data unit according to the disorder indication information, so that the first data unit and the second data unit are sequenced to ensure the sequence between the first data unit and the second data unit, and the normal communication of the communication system is ensured.
When the qos flow is downlink data flow, the handover method is similar to the method described in fig. 8(a), and referring to fig. 8(b), it is different that the target base station cannot receive the first end instruction sent by the UE, but the target base station itself determines whether the qos flow mapped to the first DRB, that is, the first data unit is received by the UE, where the determination method may be: the target base station determines whether there is qos flow on the first DRB, and if not, it proves that the first data unit has been received by the UE, or the target base station sets a timer, and after the timer expires, it considers that the first data unit has been received by the UE, and the target base station determines whether the qos flow mapped to the first DRB has been received by the UE. Meanwhile, the first data unit and the second data unit are respectively reported to the UE, but not the core network equipment.
It should be noted that the embodiments described in fig. 2 to fig. 8(b) above are also applicable to a scenario in which the interaction is performed through the core network during the handover process, which may be referred to as handover based on an interface between the core network and the base station, for example, message interaction between the source base station and the target base station needs to pass through the core network device first and then reach the opposite end.
Referring to fig. 9, in a Dual Connectivity (DC) scenario, a source base station may transfer a portion of a qos flow to a target base station for transmission. When the core network equipment requests to establish the PDU session, the base station sends a ciphering indication (security indication) to the core network equipment. The encryption indication is one of a preferred encryption (preferred) indication, a required encryption (required) indication, and a not required encryption (not required) indication. And the base station determines to execute corresponding operation on the qos flow of the PDU session according to the encryption indication. Similarly, the base station may also send an integrity protection indication (integrity protection indication) to the core network device. The integrity protection indication is one of a tendency integrity protection indication (preferred) indication, a need integrity protection indication (required) indication, and a need not integrity protection indication (not required) indication. And the base station determines to execute corresponding operation on the qos flow of the PDU session according to the integrity protection indication. Wherein, the trend indication represents that the base station decides whether to perform encryption or integrity protection, the requirement indication represents that the base station must perform encryption or integrity protection, and the requirement indication does not represent that the base station does not perform encryption or integrity protection. When a part of data flow of the PDU session is switched from the source base station to the target base station, and when the indication sent to the source base station by the core network device is a trend integrity protection indication or a trend ciphering indication, if the source base station sends the indication to the target base station, the source base station may perform ciphering or integrity protection, but the target base station does not perform ciphering or integrity protection. Based on this, please refer to fig. 9, the following describes the encryption method of qos flow in the handover procedure of the base station.
901. The core network equipment sends a selection instruction to the source base station.
And the core network equipment sends a selection indication to the source base station, wherein the selection indication is the trend encryption indication.
902. The source base station encrypts or does not encrypt the qos flow according to the selection indication.
And the source base station selects to encrypt or not encrypt the PDU session according to the selection indication.
903. The source base station sends a switching request message to the target base station.
The handover request message requests handover of some qos flows in the pdu session to the target base station, and the request message also carries an operation indication of the source base station. In a DC scenario, when a source base station switches to a target base station, the source base station may transfer some qos flows in a PDU session to the target base station, and simultaneously, may send an operation instruction of the source base station to the target base station, so that the target base station determines whether the source base station performs encryption according to the operation instruction of the source base station.
In this embodiment, the source base station operation indication may include a selection indication and an information element. Or the source base station operation indication may also be: the source base station modifies the encryption indication sent by the core network device according to the self operation to obtain an encryption required indication or an encryption not required indication, for example, the encryption indication sent by the core network to the source base station is changed into an encryption required (required) indication or an encryption not required (not required) indication according to whether the source base station currently encrypts the pdu session.
904. And the target base station encrypts or does not encrypt the received qos flow according to the operation instruction of the source base station.
The way for the target base station to encrypt or not encrypt some of the received qos flows according to the operation instruction of the source base station is as follows:
one way is that: the source base station can forward a selection indication sent to the source base station by the core network equipment and simultaneously carries a cell, wherein the cell is used for indicating that the source base station encrypts or does not encrypt the qos flow, so that the target base station also encrypts some received qos flows; the other mode is as follows: the source base station modifies the selection indication into an encryption indication or a non-encryption indication, if the source base station encrypts the qos flow, the encryption indication is sent to the target base station, so that the target base station encrypts some received qos flow, and if the source base station does not encrypt the qos flow, the non-encryption indication is sent to the target base station, so that the target base station does not encrypt some received qos flow.
In this embodiment, if the source base station encrypts the qos flow, the source base station sends an operation instruction of the source base station to the target base station, so that the target base station can perform a corresponding encryption operation according to the operation instruction, thereby ensuring consistency of the encryption operation between the source base station and the target base station.
In this embodiment, please refer to fig. 10, the integrity protection situation is similar to the encryption situation, and the same will send the operation instruction of the source base station to the target base station, so that the target base station can perform the corresponding integrity protection operation according to the operation instruction, which will not be described herein again.
The base station may serve the UE by means of a dual link (DC). In DC, a UE communicates with two base stations, called a Master Node (MN) and a Secondary Node (SN), respectively, at the same time. In a scenario where the MN and the SN are both connected to the 4G core network EPC, the MN may configure at least two DC modes for the UE, and similarly, in a scenario where the MN and the SN are both connected to the 5G core network 5GC or in a mobile network that is evolved later, at least two DC modes also exist. For example:
LTE DC and E-UTRA NR DC are 2 DC modes in the 4G core network EPC scene:
1. when both MN and SN are LTE base stations eNB, the DC mode at this time is called LTE DC;
2. MN is LTE base station eNB, SN is NR base station gNB, and the DC mode at the moment is called E-UTRA NR DC, which is abbreviated as EN-DC.
NG EN-DC, NE-DC and NR-NR DC are 3 DC modes in the scene that MN and SN are connected with a 5G core network 5 GC:
1. MN is a base station NG-eNB of LTE, SN is an NR base station gNB, and the DC mode at the moment is named as NG EN-DC;
2. MN is NR base station gNB, SN is LTE base station ng-eNB, and the DC mode at the moment is called NE-DC;
3. both MN and SN are NR base stations gNB, and the DC mode at this time is called NR-NR DC.
In order to secure the communication over the air interface, in general, a key (key) used by the UE to communicate with the MN is different from a key used by the UE to communicate with the SN. For convenience of description, a key used by the UE to communicate with the MN is referred to as a master key (M-key), and a key used by the UE to communicate with the SN is referred to as a secondary key (S-key). After the UE accesses the MN, the M-key is obtained, the subsequent MN informs the UE of a security parameter which is used for deriving the S-key by the UE based on the security parameter and the M-key, and the security parameter is the counting value of an SN counter (counter). The specific name of the SN counter may be different in different DC modes. Meanwhile, in different DC modes, the SN counter may have different cells in the protocol, but the implemented functions are consistent.
In order to ensure the safety of air interface communication, for the same UE, when the S-key is derived from the same M-key, it is necessary to ensure that the S-keys obtained each time are different. However, in a possible case, the MN may configure 2 or more than 2 DC modes for the UE in sequence, each SN counter of each DC mode is maintained and configured separately, and in a case that the M-key of the UE is not changed, since each SN counter may be sequentially increased by 1 from 0 or 1, in different DC modes, there may be a case that the UE uses the same count value of the SN counter, and in a case that the M-keys are also the same, the UE derives the same S-key, and then different SNs may use the same S-key to communicate with the UE, which affects communication security of an air interface.
The application also provides a communication method for guaranteeing the communication safety. The method may include two ways as follows.
In the mode 1, under different DC modes, the M-key of the UE is fixed, and when the MN configures different DCs for the UE, different SN counter values are configured for the UE, so that different S-keys are derived.
Mode 2: under different DC modes, the MN staggers the value ranges of the configurable SN counters, thereby ensuring that different DC modes use different count values of the SN counters.
For the UE, to ensure that different SNs communicate with the UE using different S-keys in different DC modes, referring to fig. 11, the following method may be used:
1101. the UE receives a first count value sent by a main base station MN, wherein the first count value is the count value of an SN counter when the MN configures a first DC mode for the UE.
And when the MN configures a first DC mode for the UE, sending a first count value of the SN counter to the UE, wherein the first count value is an integer which is greater than or equal to zero.
In this embodiment, the first DC mode is any one of Long Term Evolution (LTE) DC, E-UTRA NR DC, NG EN-DC, NE-DC, and NR-NR DC, and is not limited specifically.
1102. When the UE releases the first DC mode, the UE retains the first count value.
In this embodiment, the UE releasing the first DC mode indicates the configuration of the secondary base station where the UE releases the first DC mode. This can be released either actively by the UE itself or by the MN instructing the UE to release the configuration of the first DC mode.
The configuration of the secondary base station includes a first count value, but the UE does not delete the stored first count value corresponding to the first DC scheme when releasing the first DC scheme.
1103. And the UE receives a second count value sent by the main base station MN, wherein the second count value is the count value of the SN counter when the MN configures a second DC mode for the UE.
And when the MN configures a second DC mode for the UE, sending a second count value of the SN counter to the UE, wherein the second count value is an integer which is greater than or equal to zero.
In this embodiment, the second DC scheme is a DC scheme different from the first DC scheme, and the second DC scheme is any one of LTE DC, E-UTRA NR DC, NG EN-DC, NE-DC, and NR-NR DC, and is not particularly limited.
1104. And the UE judges whether the second counting value is abnormal or not according to the first counting value.
In this embodiment, the two realizable manners of the UE determining whether the second count value is abnormal according to the first count value include:
1. and the UE judges whether any one count value is the same as the second count value in the count value set before the second count value is received, wherein the first count value belongs to the count value set. In this case, the UE needs to store a count value of each SN counter configured by the MN.
If so, determining that the second counting value is abnormal, otherwise, determining that the second counting value is normal.
2. If the first count value is the latest count value configured by the MN in the count value set at the time before the second count value, since the count value of the SN counter is successively increased by 1, the count values configured before the MN are all smaller than or equal to the first count value, at this time, it is only necessary that the second count value is larger than the first count value, and it is determined that the second count value is not used by the MN, the second count value is normal, and if the second count value is smaller than the first count value, the second count value is abnormal.
In this case, the UE only needs to store the latest SN counter count value configured by the MN.
For example, the MN first configures the UE with LTE DC and indicates that the count value of the SN counter is x1, and the UE derives a first S-key for communicating with the first SN based on the M-key and the count value x 1. Subsequently, the UE releases the LTE DC mode, and deletes the configuration of the LTE DC, where the configuration of the LTE DC includes the count value x1, but the UE does not delete the count value x 1. Subsequently, the MN configures the EN-DC for the UE and indicates the SN counter to be the value x2, and the UE judges whether x2 is abnormal according to x 1.
1105. And when the second counting value is abnormal, the UE sends the configuration failure identification information to the MN.
The configuration failure identification information has the following two sending modes:
and the UE triggers a reestablishment process to establish connection with the MN.
Optionally, after the subsequent reestablishment is successful, the UE reports the configuration failure identifier information to the MN, where the reason of the configuration failure may be that the SN counter fails to configure, or may also be that the DC configuration fails, and therefore, the configuration failure identifier information may indicate that the configuration has failed, and may also indicate a specific reason of the configuration failure.
And the MN determines the specific reason of the failure according to the configuration failure identification information and reconfigures the count value of the SN counter for the UE.
2. The UE considers that SCG configuration failure (failure) occurs, and sends a failure report to the MN.
Optionally, the failure report carries configuration failure identification information, and the reason of the configuration failure may be that the SN counter fails to configure or the DC fails to configure, so that the configuration failure identification information indicates the configuration failure and may also indicate a specific reason of the configuration failure.
Further optionally, the failure report does not include a measurement result, and the measurement result is a signal quality measurement result of at least one of the UE serving cell and the neighbor cell.
And after receiving the failure report, the subsequent MN identifies the configuration failure identification information in the failure report, determines the specific reason of failure according to the configuration failure identification information, and reconfigures the count value of the SN counter for the UE.
After step 1105, optionally, the MN can also send the count value of the reconfigured SN counter to the SN. Further optionally, the configuration failure identification information is sent to the SN.
In this embodiment, the UE determines whether the second count value is abnormal according to the first count value, and if the MN configures the same count value, the UE sends configuration failure identification information to the MN, so as to avoid that the MN derives the same S-key in different DC manners, thereby ensuring the communication security of the air interface.
C. For the protocol, to ensure that different SNs use different S-keys to communicate with the UE in different DC modes, there are two realizable modes:
1. the MN allocates counting value space of different SN counters for different DC modes through a configuration protocol, and the counting value space is not overlapped with each other.
2. The MN defines the starting point of the counting value space of a plurality of SN counters through a configuration protocol.
When the MN configures a certain DC mode for the UE, whether other DC modes are configured before the UE is identified, if so, the UE is configured in a mode of staggered values, for example, a starting point of a new value space is selected.
In this embodiment, two or more of the A, B, C methods may be used in combination.
Referring to fig. 12, a possible structure of the base station of the present application is described.
A base station 120, comprising:
a receiving unit 1201, configured to receive a handover request sent by a source base station, where the handover request includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that a radio data bearer DRB corresponding to a quality of service flow qos flow of the source base station changes from a first DRB to a second DRB;
a sending unit 1202, configured to send information of a tunnel to the source base station, where the tunnel is used for a target base station to receive a data unit sent by the source base station, and the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
Optionally, the changing, by the first indication information, the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from the first DRB to the second DRB includes:
the first indication information is used for indicating the qos flow received by the source base station from the user equipment UE, and changing from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change;
or, the first indication information is used to indicate that the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE changes from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
Optionally, the receiving unit 1201 is further configured to obtain an end instruction, where the end instruction is used to instruct an SDAP entity of the UE to stop mapping the qos flow to the first DRB;
and sending the data unit to the core network equipment.
Optionally, the sending unit 1202 is further configured to send the data unit to the UE through the second DRB after the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE.
Optionally, the information of the tunnel includes an identifier of a session of a protocol data unit PDU corresponding to the qos flow.
Optionally, the receiving unit 1201 is further configured to receive second indication information from the source base station, where the second indication information is used for the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
Optionally, the base station further includes:
an address assignment unit 1203 is configured to assign an address to the tunnel.
Optionally, the receiving unit 1201 is further configured to receive sequence number state transition information from the source base station, where the sequence number state transition information includes an SN number of the data unit.
Optionally, the SN number of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
Referring to fig. 13, another possible structure of the base station of the present application is described.
A base station 130, comprising:
a sending unit 1301, configured to send a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that a radio data bearer DRB corresponding to a quality of service flow qos flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB;
a receiving unit 1302, configured to receive information of a tunnel sent by the target base station;
the sending unit 1301 is further configured to send the data unit to the target base station through the tunnel, where the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
Referring to fig. 14, a base station 1400 according to another embodiment of the present application is described as follows:
a receiver 1401, a transmitter 1402, a processor 1403, and a memory 1404 (wherein the number of processors 1403 in the base station 1400 can be one or more, for example one processor in fig. 14). In some embodiments of the present application, the receiver 1401, the transmitter 1402, the processor 1403, and the memory 1404 may be connected by a bus or other means, wherein the connection by the bus is exemplified in fig. 14.
The memory 1404 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provides instructions and data to the processor 1403. A portion of memory 1404 may also include non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM, English acronym). The memory 1404 stores an operating system and operating instructions, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or an expanded set thereof, wherein the operating instructions may include various operating instructions for performing various operations. The operating system may include various system programs for implementing various basic services and for handling hardware-based tasks.
Processor 1403 controls the operation of the network device, and processor 1403 may also be referred to as a Central Processing Unit (CPU). In a particular application, the various components of the network device are coupled together by a bus system that may include a power bus, a control bus, a status signal bus, etc., in addition to a data bus. For clarity of illustration, the various buses are referred to in the figures as a bus system.
The method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be applied to the processor 1403, or implemented by the processor 1403. The processor 1403 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method can be performed by hardware integrated logic circuits or instructions in software form in the processor 1403. The processor 1403 may be a general-purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware component. The various methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in the memory 1404, and the processor 1403 reads the information in the memory 1404 and completes the steps of the above method in combination with the hardware thereof.
The receiver 1401 may be used to receive input digital or character information and generate signal input related to related settings and function control of the network device, the transmitter 1402 may include a display device such as a display screen, and the transmitter 1402 may be used to output digital or character information through an external interface.
In this embodiment, the processor 1403 is configured to execute the foregoing method.
It should be noted that the above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. In addition, in the drawings of the embodiments of the apparatus provided in the present application, the connection relationship between the modules indicates that there is a communication connection therebetween, and may be implemented as one or more communication buses or signal lines.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the present application can be implemented by software plus necessary general-purpose hardware, and certainly can also be implemented by special-purpose hardware including special-purpose integrated circuits, special-purpose CPUs, special-purpose memories, special-purpose components and the like. Generally, functions performed by computer programs can be easily implemented by corresponding hardware, and specific hardware structures for implementing the same functions may be various, such as analog circuits, digital circuits, or dedicated circuits. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk of a computer, and includes instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the methods described in the embodiments of the present application.
The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. The procedures or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part when the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer or a processor therein. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website site, computer, server, or data center to another website site, computer, server, or data center via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can store or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that is integrated with one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

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1. A method of handover, comprising:
a target base station receives a handover request from a source base station, wherein the handover request comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used for indicating that a wireless data bearer DRB corresponding to a service quality flow qos flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB;
and the target base station sends information of a tunnel to the source base station, wherein the tunnel is used for the target base station to receive a data unit sent by the source base station, and the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that a change of a radio data bearer (DRB) corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from a first DRB to a second DRB comprises:
the first indication information is used for indicating the qos flow received by the source base station from the user equipment UE, and changing from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change;
or, the first indication information is used to indicate that the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE changes from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
the target base station acquires an end instruction, wherein the end instruction is used for instructing an SDAP entity of the UE to stop mapping the qos flow to the first DRB;
and the target base station sends the data unit to core network equipment.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
after the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE, the target base station sends the data unit to the UE through the second DRB.
5. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the information of the tunnel comprises an identification of a session of a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) corresponding to the qos flow.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
the target base station receives second indication information from the source base station, where the second indication information is used for the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
7. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein before the target base station sends the information of the tunnel to the source base station, the method further comprises: and the target base station allocates an address for the tunnel.
8. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein after the target base station receives the handover request sent by the source base station, the method further comprises:
and the target base station receives serial number state transfer information from the source base station, wherein the serial number state transfer information comprises a PDCP SN (packet data convergence protocol service data unit) number of the data unit.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the PDCP SN of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
10. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:
and the target base station receives the mapping relation between the qos flow and the first DRB and/or the mapping relation between the qos flow and the second DRB from the source base station.
11. The method of claim 3,
the target base station acquiring the end instruction comprises the following steps:
and the target base station receives an end instruction from the source base station.
12. The method of claim 3,
the target base station acquiring the end instruction comprises the following steps:
and the layer of the target base station receives an end instruction from the UE.
13. A method of handover, comprising:
a source base station sends a handover request to a target base station, wherein the handover request comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used for indicating that a wireless data bearer DRB corresponding to a service quality flow qos flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB;
the source base station receives information of the tunnel from the target base station;
and the source base station sends the data unit to the target base station through the tunnel, wherein the data unit is the data unit after the DRB corresponding to the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first indication information indicating that the change of the radio data bearer (DRB) corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from a first DRB to a second DRB comprises:
the first indication information is used for indicating the qos flow received by the source base station from the user equipment UE, and changing from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change;
or, the first indication information is used to indicate that the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE changes from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the information of the tunnel comprises an identification of a session of a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) corresponding to the qos flow.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein after the source base station receives the information of the tunnel from the target base station, the method further comprises:
and the source base station sends second indication information to the target base station, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the data unit is the data unit which is cached in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein after the source base station receives the information of the tunnel from the target base station, the method further comprises:
and the source base station sends sequence number state transfer information to the target base station, wherein the sequence number transfer information comprises a PDCP SN (packet data convergence protocol service data unit) number of the data unit.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the PDCP SN of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
19. A base station, comprising:
a receiving unit, configured to receive a handover request from a source base station, where the handover request includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that a radio data bearer DRB corresponding to a quality of service flow qos flow of the source base station is changed from a first DRB to a second DRB;
a sending unit, configured to send information of a tunnel to the source base station, where the tunnel is used for a target base station to receive a data unit from the source base station, and the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
20. The base station of claim 19, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that the change of the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from the first DRB to the second DRB comprises:
the first indication information is used for indicating the qos flow received by the source base station from the user equipment UE, and changing from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change;
or, the first indication information is used to indicate that the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE changes from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
21. The base station of claim 20, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to obtain an end indication, and wherein the end indication is used to instruct an SDAP entity of the UE to stop mapping the qos flow to the first DRB;
and sending the data unit to the core network equipment.
22. The base station of claim 20, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send the data unit to the UE through the second DRB after the qos flow mapped to the first DRB is received by the UE.
23. The base station according to claim 20 or 21, wherein the information of the tunnel comprises an identification of a session of a protocol data unit, PDU, corresponding to the qos flow.
24. The base station of claim 23, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive second indication information from the source base station, and the second indication information is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
25. The base station according to any of claims 19 to 22, characterized in that the base station further comprises:
and the address allocation unit is used for allocating addresses for the tunnels.
26. The base station according to any of claims 20 or 21, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive sequence number status transfer information from the source base station, the sequence number status transfer information comprising a packet data convergence protocol service data unit PDCP SN number of the data unit.
27. The base station of claim 26 wherein the PDCP SN of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
28. Base station according to any of claims 19-22,
the receiving unit is further configured to receive a mapping relationship between the qos flow and the first DRB and/or a mapping relationship between the qos flow and the second DRB from the source base station.
29. The base station of claim 21,
the receiving unit is further configured to obtain an end indication, including:
the receiving unit receives an end indication from the source base station.
30. The base station of claim 21,
the receiving unit is further configured to obtain an end indication, including:
the receiving unit receives an end instruction transmitted from the UE.
31. A base station, comprising:
a sending unit, configured to send a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that a radio data bearer DRB corresponding to a quality of service flow qos flow of the base station changes from a first DRB to a second DRB;
a receiving unit, configured to receive information of a tunnel from the target base station;
the sending unit is further configured to send the data unit to the target base station through the tunnel, where the data unit is a data unit after the corresponding DRB in the qos flow is changed into the second DRB.
32. The base station of claim 31, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that the change of the radio data bearer DRB corresponding to the qos flow received by the source base station from the first DRB to the second DRB comprises:
the first indication information is used for indicating the qos flow received by the source base station from the user equipment UE, and changing from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change;
or, the first indication information is used to indicate that the qos flow sent by the source base station to the UE changes from mapping to the first DRB to mapping to the second DRB, where the qos flow is a qos flow cached in an SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
33. The base station of claim 32, wherein the information of the tunnel comprises an identifier of a session of a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) corresponding to the qos flow.
34. The base station of claim 33, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send second indication information to the target base station, and wherein the second indication information is used to indicate that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
35. The base station of claim 32, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send sequence number status transfer information to the target base station, and wherein the sequence number transfer information comprises a packet data convergence protocol service data unit (PDCP SN) number of the data unit.
36. The base station of claim 35, wherein the PDCP SN of the data unit is used by the target base station to determine that the data unit is a data unit buffered in the SDAP layer of the source base station due to the corresponding DRB change.
37. A base station, comprising: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;
wherein the memory is to store programs and instructions;
the transceiver is used for receiving or sending information under the control of the processor;
the processor is used for executing the program in the memory; wherein the processor is configured to invoke program instructions in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 5 or 13-18.
38. The base station of claim 37, wherein the base station further comprises a bus system;
the bus system is used for connecting the memory, the transceiver and the processor so as to enable the memory, the transceiver and the processor to communicate.
39. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-5 or 13-18.
40. A computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 or 13 to 18.
41. A communication chip having instructions stored thereon that, when run on a communication device, cause the communication chip to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 or 13-18.
42. A communication system comprising a base station according to any of claims 19-22 and a base station according to any of claims 31-36.
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